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Alier Reng
Data science professional, statistician, and educator with over 5-year experience in healthcare analytics and more than seven years of university teaching experience. Passionate and results-oriented data scientist with a proven record of project completion with efficiency and speed. Areas of interest include data science, statistics, and deep learning.
Industry Experience
Sr. Data Analyst
LifePoint Health
Brentwood, TN
present - 2021
- Data Stewardship: perform monthly data validation to ensure data accuracy before being pushed to PowerBI for hospitals’ use.
- Support and assist hospitals and the HSC departments with their data needs.
- Perform exploratory and predictive analysis with R and Python.
- Create and modify divisions and hospitals’ NHSN Goals, MOR, and QOC reports and dashboards using R and PowerBI.
- Onboard and train new team members.
Data Analyst
LifePoint Health
Brentwood, TN
2021 - 2016
- Cut QOC and MOR decks production time by 80% by automating reports with R Shiny.
- Reduced data errors and optimized accuracy by automating CHOIS monthly mortality reports with R Shiny.
- Used R to automate the CMS company-wide VBP, HAC Penalty, and MSPB reports extraction processes.
Teaching Experience
Lecturer
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN
2016 - 2011
- Taught general math courses including plane trigonometry, applied calculus I, applied statistics/introductory statistics, finite mathematics, college algebra, mathematics for general studies (Mathematical Ideas), and Pre-Calculus (Pathways to Calculus).
- Turned ‘F’ students into ‘A’ and ‘B’ students through active and participatory learning; used hands-on approaches to make students conceptualize mathematical concepts to be able to construct meaningful mathematical statements.
- Helped challenged students to change their negative thinking into positive-possibility thinking through friendly coaching and mentorship.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN
2011 - 2009
- Taught Applied Statistics and tutored both math and statistics.
Research Experience
Undergraduate Research
University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX
2007 - 2006
- Conducted LSAMP supported undergraduate research under Dr. Mohammed Abdelsalam at the University at Dallas and presented it at the University of Texas at El Paso.
- Traced the Aswa Shear Zone using the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Reflection and Radiometer (ASTER) Data and presented the findings during the LSAMP competition at the University of Texas at El Paso in 2007.
ONLINE COURSES
Business Science: DS4B 202A-R: Shiny Developer with AWS; DS4B 101-R: Business Analysis With R; DS4B 201-R: Data Science For Business With R
Datacamp: Machine Learning Scientist with R; Data Scientist with R; Data Scientist with Python; Winning a Kaggle Competition in Python
Udemy: PySpark Essentials for Data Scientists (Big Data + Python); Web Scraping and API Fundamentals in Python 2021; Interactive Python Dashboards with Plotly and Dash; Master in Microsoft Power BI Desktop and Service NLP - Natural Language Processing with Python
AWARDS & HONORS
- LifePoint Health
- Mercy Award (2020)
- The University of Texas at Dallas
- Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Scholarship (2006 - 2007)
- Richland College (DCCCD)
- Vice President’s List (2005)
Education
MBA., Information Systems Management
LeTourneau University
Longview, TX
2017 - 2016
M.S., Professional Science - Biostatistics
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN
2011 - 2009
B.S., Neuroscience
University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX
2008 - 2005
General Studies (Mathematics/PreMed/PrePharmacy)
Richland College (DCCCD)
Dallas, TX
2005 - 2003
Leadership and Community Engagement
President
Jonglei Institute of Technology
Murfreesboro, TN
Present - 2020
- Run the day-to-day activities of the organization.
- Plan and implement programs to advance the company’s mission & vision.
- Write and maintain the company’s legal documents, build and maintain the website.
- Teach data science courses with Python and R.
Posters and Presentations
Tracing the Aswa Shear Zone using the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Reflection and Radiometer (ASTER) Data
Poster & Oral Presentation, Undergraduate Research in Geology
University of Texas at El Paso
2007
- Traced the Aswa Shear Zone using the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Reflection and Radiometer (ASTER) Data and presented the findings during the LSAMP competition at the University of Texas at El Paso in 2007.